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What the Dev?

What the Dev?

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What the Dev? is a podcast by the SD Times editorial team. We cover the biggest and newest topics in software development.

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  • 344: Why developers should adopt a head chef mentality to work with agents (with Confluent's Adi Polak)
    Feb 24 2026

    In this episode, Jenna interviews Adi Polak, director of advocacy and developer experience engineering at Confluent, about why developers need to embrace a head chef mindset when working with AI agents.

    They discuss:

    • What it means to adopt a "head chef" mindset
    • The mental shifts needed to work this way
    • What role data streaming plays in enabling this
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    15 mins
  • 343: Breaking the cycle of unnecessary complexity in dev environments (with Tempo Software's Vic Chynoweth)
    Feb 17 2026

    In this episode, Jenna interviews Vic Chynoweth, CEO of Tempo Software, about how the company predicts that this year software development teams will begin challenging the rising complexity in their dev environments.

    They discuss:

    • Why teams are shifting from executing work to questioning why it exists
    • What's driving rising complexity
    • How SPM can help manage complexity
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    14 mins
  • 342: The risks of using OpenClaw (with 1Password's Jeff Malnick)
    Feb 10 2026

    In this episode, Jenna interviews Jeff Malnick, GM of developer and AI at 1Password, about the open source agent platform OpenClaw and some of the security concerns that have been raised about it.

    They discuss:

    • What OpenClaw is
    • The security issues that could result from using it
    • Steps to take to reduce risk when experimenting with it

    Here are a few blog posts from 1Password mentioned in the episode:

    • From magic to malware: How OpenClaw's agent skills become an attack surface
    • It’s incredible. It’s terrifying. It’s OpenClaw.
    • How to build secure agent swarms that power production-grade autonomous systems
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    15 mins
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